US Pianese

Unione Sportiva Pianese is an Italian football club from Piancastagnaio, Tuscany. They play in Serie D.

Pianese
Full nameUnione Sportiva Pianese SrL
Nickname(s)Bianconeri (the white and blacks), Zebrette (little zebras), Amiatesi or Amiatini (guys from mount Amiata)
Founded1930
GroundStadio Comunale, Piancastagnaio
Stadio Carlo Zecchini, Grosseto[1]
Capacity1,000
ChairmanMaurizio Sani
ManagerVitaliano Bonucelli
LeagueSerie D
2021–22Serie D Group E, 5th of 18

History

The club was founded in 1930. They won their first promotion to Serie D in 2009–10, and successively their first league title in the top amateur league of Italy in 2018–19, thus ensuring themselves the right to play Serie C.

From 2006 to 2019, in compliance with Italian rules regarding amateur clubs, U.S. Pianese changed its name in U.S. Pianese A.S.D.

In February 2020, Pianese became the first professional football club to report a case of a player, King Udoh tested COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

  • Early logo (dismissed in 2019)
    Early logo (dismissed in 2019)

Current squad
As of 16 September 2020[3].

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF Italy ITA Luca Simeoni
13 DF Italy ITA Francesco Gagliardi (captain)
16 DF Italy ITA Gabriele Zagaria
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW Italy ITA Damiano Rinaldini
25 DF Italy ITA Simone Fortuni
26 FW Italy ITA Marco Tampwo

References
  1. PIANESE, CONSEGNATA TUTTA LA DOCUMENTAZIONE NECESSARIA PER L'UTILIZZO DELLO STADIO DI GROSSETO – uspianeseasd.it (in Italian), 17 June 2019
  2. CHERUBINI, MASSIMO (26 February 2022). "Fu il primo calciatore al mondo contagiato dal covid: "Giorni da incubo, non li dimentico" - Cronaca". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  3. "Pianese squad". Soccerway.


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